Pest Organisms / Eastern Subterranean Termite
Beneficial Notes
for Eastern Subterranean Termite
In a forest, the same wood-eating that wrecks a house is genuinely useful. UGA explains that in the wild subterranean termites are a key part of forest ecosystems, breaking cellulose into the basic building blocks plants and animals can reuse. It comes down to location: helpful recycling deadfall in the woods, costly inside a building. Source: https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/B1209/